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CVE-2017-11771: microsoft corporation windows search Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 13-10-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11771 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in microsoft corporation windows search. EPSS estimates a 51.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
51.93%
0%100%
Critical · -12.20 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Microsoft Windows Search component on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability when it fails to properly handle DNS responses, aka "Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

51.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-12.20 pp

From 64.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
51.93%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft3 products
Microsoft corporation1 product
  • windows searchMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server 2016

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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